Baby bottle protective harness



Dec. 4, 1956 J. SCHWORTZ 2,772,801

BAB'Y BOTTLE PROTECTIVE HARNESS Filed Oct. 28, 1954 v 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN V EN TQR. r/ZIS'SE Sammerz Dec. 4, 1956 J. SCHWORTZ 2,772,301

BABY BOTTLE PROTECTIVE HARNESS Filed Oct. 28, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 i R E- INVENTOR.

z/Z JSSE Somme United States PatentO BABY BOTTLE PROTECTIVE HARNESS Jesse Schwortz, Bronx, N. Y.

Application OctoberQ28, 1954, Serial'No. 465,290 2 Claims. (Cl. 215-11) This invention relates to ,a holder .or harness for a nursing bottle.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a harness as described which can be manufactured from inexpensive, flexible, plastic material, to reduce the cost of manufacture thereof.

Another object is to permit the bottle to be inserted in or removed fromthe holder with maximum ease and speed.

Anotherobject is to provide on the holder an elon- ;-gated strap element having means to connect the same to an adjacent portion of 'a crib, baby carriage, or the like,

whereby to prevent the bottle from falling to the floor or ground should it be dropped out of the carriage or crib.

Another object is to simplify the construction as much as possible, so as to prevent interference with the babys normal hand and arm "movements while holding the bottle.

is to permit the holder to be manufactured from two simply formed blanks of flexible, thin, plastic material, swiftly assembled with one another to provide a cagelike harness.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the nursing bottle according to the invention, a nursing bottle being shown in dotted outline.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged, transverse sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary detail sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 1, the dotted lines showing the outer ring in open position.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified form, a portion of the retaining strap being broken away.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged, fragmentary, exploded perspective view of the modified form showing the manner of connecting the several side straps at the inner or bottom end of the harness.

Fig. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the middle or inner ring per se, in the modified form.

Fig. 7 is a plan view, on a reduced scale, of the blank used in forming the body portion of the device in the modified form.

In Figs. 13 the bottle holder or harness is adapted to support a conventional nursing bottle B and is composed of four different pieces of plastic material of a flexible nature. These include an outer ring .12, and inner ring 14, a first side strap 16, and a second side strap 18.

The several members are all formed of plastic strips of material, and the outer ring 12 comprises a strip the ends of which are folded for reinforcing purposes as shownin Fig. 3, the folded ends being provided with cooperating gripper fastener elements 20, 22. The outer ring, thus, can be opened as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, to permit the insertion or removal of a baby bottle. When the bottle is inserted, it is securely held against removal by connection of the fastener elements, which secure the ring 12 about the plastic cap of the bottle.

The first and second side straps are each bent to a U- shape, with one strap being disposed ina plane angularly related at ninety degrees to the plane of the other strap. The first strap 16, thus, includes legs 24 adapted to extend longitudinally of the nursing bottle in contact therewith from end to end of the bottle, said legs being integral at one end with a bight portion 28 adapted to extend diametrically across the bottom of the bottle. The second side strap 18 includes legs 30, 32 and a bight 34, the bight 34 crossing the bight 28 and being secured at the point of crossing by a rivet 36.

Where the several legs cross the inner ring 14, they are secured thereto by rivets 38, and at the outer ends of the legs, they are secured by similar rivets 38 to the ring 12.

it will be noted that the ring 14 is formed from a strip of plastic material the ends of whichare overlapped, with one of the rivets 38 passing through the overlapped ends (Fig. 2).

The side leg 30 of-strap 18 is extended forwardly-beyond the ring 12, for a substantial distance to provide a retaining strap member 40 integral with said leg 30. The strap member 40, at its outer end, is formed with a loop receiving a metal loop member 42 to which is swivelly connected a conventional clasp 44 adapted to be engaged about a selected portion of a baby carriage, crib, or the like, not shown.

In Fig. 4 there is shown a modified form wherein only two rivets are needed to permit manufacture of the article, although the article has the same shape and functional characteristics as that shown in Fig. 1. Further, instead of requiring four pieces of plastic that are assembled with one another, the form of Figs. 4-7 requires only two pieces of plastic shaped as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, respectively. One of the pieces of plastic has been shown in blank in Fig. 7, and includes the outer ring 46, which in blank is an elongated, straight strip of material. Integral with said strip at one longitudinal edge thereof are equidistantly spaced strap members 48, the outer two of the members being spaced inwardly from the ends of the strip that forms the outer ring 46. Longitudinally aligned with one of the outer strap members 48 is an elongated retaining strap member 50 extending from the opposite longitudinal edge of the ring strip 46.

The blank shown in Fig. 7, in the manufacture of the device, would be readily cut from a single piece of plastic material, after which'the ring 46 is fiexed to an approximately circular form (Fig. '4), after being provided at its opposite ends with cooperating gripper fastener elements 52. The elements 52 when connected hold the the several slits 56 as shown in Fig. 4, after which the I free ends of the straps are turned inwardly into overlapping relation (Figs. 4 and 5) and are permanently connected by the rivet 60.

On the outer end of the retaining strap member 50 there would be provided, of course, the metal loop 42 and fastener 44 shown in Fig. 1. i

It will be seen that in the modified form the assembly of the article is considerably simplified, as is the initial formation of the parts used in said assembly. Only the rivets 58, 60 are needed, with, of course, the gripper fastener elements 52 corresponding to the elements 20, 22 of the first form. When completed, the harness has an appearance similar to that of the first form, and functions in the'same manner, that is, the outer ring 46 is first opened for insertion of the bottle after which the ring is closed about the cap of the bottle by connection of the fastener elements 52.

It is to be understood that this holder or harness de vice may be made of any desired material, and the various parts may be joined together in any suitable manner, such as by rivets, screws and nuts, by heat sealing, or cementing.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A holder for a nursing bottle comprising an outer and an inner ring spaced from one another and adapted to extend about a nursing bottle, side strap members connected to and extending between the rings to extend longitudinally of said bottle, and retaining means extending from the outer ring and adapted for connection to an adjacent support, the strap members being integral at one end with the outer ring, and being overlapped with oneanother and connected at the location of said overlapping at their other ends, the inner ring being formed with a circumferential series of slits, the several strap members being extended through the slits of the inner ring intermediate the ends of the strap members.

2. A holder for a nursing bottle comprising an outer and an inner ring spacedfrom one another and adapted said retaining means being formed as an elongated strip integral at one end with said outer ring.

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